Thanet_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Thanet East was a British parliamentary constituency in the Isle of Thanet in Kent. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1974 to 1983.
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| Thanet East | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Thanet East in Kent, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983 | |
| County | Kent |
| Major settlements | Ramsgate and Broadstairs |
| February 1974–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Isle of Thanet |
| Replaced by | Thanet South[1] |
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established (as East Thanet) for the next general election. It will be formed primarily from South Thanet.[2]
1974-1983 (Thanet East)
The Borough of Ramsgate, and the Urban District of Broadstairs and St Peter's.
Proposed (East Thanet)
The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The District of Thanet wards of: Beacon Road; Bradstowe; Central Harbour; Cliffsend and Pegwell; Cliftonville East; Cliftonville West; Dane Valley; Eastcliff; Kingsgate; Margate Central; Nethercourt; Newington; Northwood; St. Peters; Salmestone; Sir Moses Montefiore; Viking.[3]
It will comprise those parts of the, to be abolished, constituency of South Thanet in the District of Thanet (83% of the electorate), together with three wards from North Thanet, including Central Margate.[4]
Electoral Calculus categorises the proposed seat as a "Somewhere" demographic, indicating socially conservative, economically soft left views and strong support for Brexit.[5]
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, when the former constituency of Isle of Thanet was split in two, and returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when Thanet East and the neighbouring Thanet West constituency were replaced by new North Thanet and South Thanet constituencies.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Jonathan Aitken | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Craig Mackinlay[6] | ||||
| Labour | Polly Billington[7] | ||||
| Green | Steve Roberts[8][9] | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
Elections in the 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jonathan Aitken | 20,367 | 57.17 | +11.1 | |
| Labour | I Kilberry | 10,128 | 28.43 | -4.6 | |
| Liberal | B Hesketh | 4,755 | 13.35 | -5.6 | |
| National Front | B Dobing | 376 | 1.06 | -1.0 | |
| Majority | 10,239 | 28.74 | +15.6 | ||
| Turnout | 35,625 | 72.72 | +1.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jonathan Aitken | 15,813 | 46.10 | -0.8 | |
| Labour | S Bartlett | 11,310 | 32.97 | +0.4 | |
| Liberal | C Hogarth | 6,472 | 18.87 | -4.6 | |
| National Front | K Munson | 708 | 2.06 | New | |
| Majority | 4,503 | 13.13 | -4.1 | ||
| Turnout | 34,302 | 71.55 | -9.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jonathan Aitken | 17,944 | 46.86 | ||
| Labour | Robert Bean | 11,347 | 29.64 | ||
| Liberal | J Cox | 8,997 | 23.50 | ||
| Majority | 6,597 | 17.22 | |||
| Turnout | 38,289 | 80.53 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
- "'Thanet East', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South East | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
- "New Seat Details - Thanet East". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- "South Thanet MP, Craig Mackinlay, Readopted By Local Conservatives To Contest Next General Election". Craig Mackinlay. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- "Labour's Polly Billington selected to fight for current South Thanet seat in next General Election". The Isle of Thanet News. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- "Thanet Green Party announces General Election candidate for East Thanet constituency". The Isle of Thanet News. Retrieved 13 February 2024.